Display-rack for tools



(No Model.)

H. o. BESSE. DISPLAY RACK FOR TOOLS.

810.418.485, P-tented Dee. 81, 1889.

UNITED STATES PATENT Ormes,

HERMAN C. BESSE, OF BUTTERNUT, VISCONSIN.

DISPLAY-RACK FOR TOOLS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 418,435, dated December 31, 1889.

Application filed September 16, 1889. Serial No. 324,093. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom t may concern.:

Be it known that I, HERMAN C. BESSE, of B utternut, in the county of Ashland, and in the State of Visconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Display- Racks for Tools; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof.

My invention relates to displayracks for tools; and it consists in certain peculiarities of construction and combination of parts, to be hereinafter described with reference to the accompanying drawings and subsequently claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my device partly broken away; Fig. 2, a vertical transverse section, and Fig. 3 a horizontal section, of a portion of said device.

Referring by letter to the drawings, A represents a series of standards mortised or otherwise secured in pairs to a base B and top C, the standards being braced by blocks D, that are vertically grooved to form supports for saw-bladesE, Longitudinal braces F are preferably employed to connect the rear ones of the standards A, and a molding G is eX- tended along the front and ends of the base B. I also prefer to attach casters a to the base B, the latter being provided with a series of sockets b, that correspond with a series of openings c in the top C, to receive the handles ofv hoes, pitchforks, ari-handles, and other agricultural tools. The top C is also provided upon its front edge with a series of recesses d, that receive the handles of spades, duc., the latter being retained in place by means of hooks e and eyes f, as is best illustrated in Fig. 1. Depending from the under side of the top C are hooks g, on which to hang small tools of various kinds, one of vthese hooks being shown in Fig. 2.

Detachably connected to the top C of the rack is an inclined frame Il, divided into spaces 7i by means of-` cross-strips t', these spaces being for the reception of axheads held in place by means of hooks j, passed through their eyes and engaged by staples k, as is best shown in Fig. l. When the inclined frame is employed upon the rack, the latter will only be used to display aX-handles and saw-blades, said frame being detached when said rack'is employed for the purpose of displaying hoes, pitchforks, and other tools eye o, connected to the front edges of said casing, as shown in Fig. l.

The inclined frame II and casing I are deA tachable from the rack as a matter of convenience, and can be set up for themselves, if found necessary or desirable.

Having thus described my inventiornwhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, ism

l. A display-rack for tools that comprises a series of standards, a base, top, and a series of grooved braces joined to the standards, the base provided with a series of sockets and the top with a series of perforations corresponding to said sockets, substantially as set forth.

2. A displayrack for tools that comprises a series of standards, a base, top, and series of grooved braces joined to the standards, a molding extended around the base, the latter provided with a series of sockets, the top provided with a series of perforations corresponding to said sockets and recessed at intervals along its front edge, eyes connected to said front edge of the top, and hooks for engagement with the eyes to close the recesses,'substantially as set forth.

3. A display-rack for tools that comprises a series of standards, a base, top, and series of grooved braces joined to the standards, the base provided with a series of sockets, the top provided with a series of perforations corresponding to said sockets, an inclined frame detachably connectedV to said top, and

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taohably connected to one end of the rack, grooved blocks arranged. Within the easing, and a hook and eye connected to the front edges of said casing, substantially as set forth.-

5 5. A display-rack for tools that comprises the standards A, the base B, top O, and blocks D, joined t0 said standards, the inclined frame H, detachably connected to said top, and the casing I, similarly connected to an end of the m rack, substantially as set'forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand, at Butternut, in

theoounty of Ashland and State of Wiseonsin, in the presence of two Witnesses.

HERMAN C. BESSE.

Witnesses:

HENRY SPILLE, DAVID ToMY. 

